COLLECTION NAME:
The Landmarks Preservation Commission Designation Photo Collection
Record
Landmark Name:
Conference House
LP Number:
LP-00393
Landmark Type:
Individual Landmark
Designation Date:
2/28/1967
Image Type:
Designation Photos
Address:
7455 Hylan Boulevard
BIN:
5087656
BBL:
5078570090
Borough:
Staten Island
Block:
7857
Lot:
90
Architect or Builder:
Not determined
Date of Construction:
1675
Owner or Developer:
Christopher Billopp
Style Primary:
Colonial
Material Primary:
Fieldstone
Material Secondary:
Wood Frame
Material Tertiary:
Brick
Use Original:
Residential, single family
Use Other:
Institutional, museum
Building Type:
Freestanding House
Building Type Other:
Museum
Notes:
Conference House is historically significant as the site of an ultimately unsuccessful conference held on September 11, 1776 to avert the Revolutionary War. Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Edward Rutledge were in attendance.
File Name:
LP0393_001.JPG
Conference House
